Car-fender.



C. B. MARTIN.

GAR FENDER.

APPLIOATION TILED SEPT. 28, 1910.

1,035,621. Patented Aug. 13, 1912.

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ATTORNEYS COLUMBIA I'LANOGRAFH CD-YWASIIINGTON. DG.

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C. B. MARTIN.

GAR FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT.28,1910. I 1,035,621 Patented Aug. 13,1912.

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1 IN VEN TOR (/zarksfi M40122) ATTORNEYS G. B. MARTIN.

GAR FENDER.

APPLICATION TILED SEPT. 28, 1010.

1,035,621 Patented Aug. 13, 19 12.

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I I I I I I I I I I l (3907M BI 11 TTOR/I/E Y 8 WITNESSES:

CHARLES B. MARTIN, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

CAR-FENDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 13, 1912.

Application filed September 28, 1910. Serial N 0. 584,332.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES B. MARTIN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State ofOregon, have invented a certain new and useful CarFender, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to car fenders and it has for its object to provideone which is mounted for traveling on a rail secured to the car, lockingmeans being provided for holding the fender in normal position until itis pressed rearwardly, when the locking means are freed and the fenderis moved to the side which has come in contact with the obstructionwhich has pressed it rear-wardly. Springs are provided to assist inmoving the fender to one side.

Another object of the invention is to provide a pivoted apron which isnormally disposed in a horizontal position, but which is permitted todrop when the fender 1s moved to either side.

Still another object of the invention is to provide means for operatingthe brake mechanism when the fender is moved by contact with anobstruction.

Additional objects of the invention will appear in the followingcomplete description in which the preferred form of my invention isfully disclosed.

In the drawings similar reference characters refer to similar parts inall the views in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation showing the fendermounted on a car; Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view of Fig. 1 Fig. 3 is afront elevation of the fender; Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view showing theconnection of the link with the pivoted frame; Fig. 5 is a sideelevation of Fig. 4;; Fig. 6 is a sectional view on the line 66 of Fig.4; Fig. 7 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view showing the methodof holding the frames yieldingly together; Fig. 8 is a view showing themembers disclosed in Fig. 4 looking from the rear; Fig. 9 is a viewsimilar to that shown in Fig. 8 but with the locking means freed; Fig.10 is a sectional plan view showing the pivoted frame, the aprondisposed thereunder, the mat, and the means by which the mat isconnected with the pivoted frame and Fig. 11 is a fragmentary viewshowing the arms by which the frame members are connected with the mat.

By referringto the drawings it will be seen that the frame 10 is pivotedat 10 to the support 11 which is connected by means of the members 12with the car 13. An apron 1 1 is disposed under the pivoted frame 10,this apron having openings in which are freely disposed bolts 15, whichare secured to the support 11. The rear of the apron 14 is curved as at16 so that the forward end of the apron may drop to the ground when itis unsupported. A flange 17 is secured to the forward end of the apron14, this flange 17 being adapted to be engaged by a flange 18 extendingdownwardly from the pivoted frame 10. diverge toward the front of thefender, the forward ends of which are connected by a curved forwardportion 20 of the frame 10. Two bearing members 21 are spaced apart andare pivoted to the curved portion 20 of the frame 10, links 22 beingprovided which have their lower terminals disposed in the bearings inthe bearing members 21. The upper terminals of the links 22 are pivotedat 23 to members 24 which extend downwardly and which are secured to thecar 13. The lower portions of the members 2d are bent outwardly to formflanges 25. Locking members 26 are pivoted to the links 22, theselocking members having depending arms 27 with pins 28 projectingtherefrom which are adapted to be engaged by springs 29 secured to thepivot at 30. The locking members 26 are also provided with upwardlyextending portions 31 which are adapted to engage the flanges 25,springs 32 being provided with bent terminals which are adapted to bedisposed on the said upwardly projecting portions 31 of the lockingmembers 26. Projecting rearwardly from the curved portion 20 of theframe 10 there are two bolts 33 which project through orifices 33 in theframe members 34: respectively. These frame members 3 1 are two innumber and they are connected with the mat 35 by means of arms 36 and36. As will The frame 10 has rods 19 which described.

best be seen by referring to Fig. 11 of the drawings the arms 36 aredisposed horizontally and are secured to the rod 41, while the arms 36are disposed upwardly and are secured to the band 41 Springs 37 arewound on the bolts 33, these springs 37 being adapted for pressing theframe members 34 forwardly and against the curved portions 20 of thepivoted frame member 10. The free terminals of the arms 27 of thelocking members 26 are pointed as at 38 and are adapted to be disposedin recesses 39 in the frame members 34 respectively.

The mat 35 is constructed of a plurality of vertically and horizontallydisposed coil springs 40 which are connected at the bottom to a rod 41to which the arms 36 are secured, the vertically disposed coil springs40 being connected to a transverse band 41 and a band 42 to whichbrackets 43 are secured, rollers 44 being held in these brackets, therollers 44 being provided for traveling on a rail 45, secured to thedashboard of the car 13.

Projecting downwardly from the car as best seen in Fig. 3 of thedrawings there is a bracket 46, the springs 32 being secured to the saidbracket 46, one at each side. The hooks at the outer ends of the springs32 are adapted to be disposed over the upwardly extending portions 31 ofthe locking members 26 as has been described. An arm 47 is secured toand projects rearwardly from the pivoted frame 10, this arm 4'7 havingfingers 48 which are adapted to engage a stud 49 on an arm 50 of a valve51, connected with the train pipe 52 of the brake system.

The car fender having been constructed in the manner set forth, it willbe seen that when one side of its mat comes in contact with anobstruction the mat will be pressed rearwardly carrying with it theframe member 34 secured to that side of the mat. When this frame member34 is moved rearwardly the pointed free terminal of the arm 27 of thelocking member 26 at that side of the fender will be freed from therecess 39 in the said frame member 34 which will. permit the spring 29which engages the pin 28 to move the said locking member outwardly. Thenthis takes place, the upwardly extending portion 31 of the lockingmember 26 will be moved downwardly, and the outer terminal of the spring32 will be thereby freed from the said locking member. lVhen this takesplace the spring 32 secured to the locking member at the other side ofthe car will pull the locking member on the other side of the carinwardly, thereby moving the fender laterally, the upper portion of themat traveling on the rail 45 which has been This is so for the springs32 have one set of terminals secured to the bracket 46, the otherterminals of the springs being connected to the upwardly extendingportions 31 of the locking mem bers 26 respectively. When one spring isfreed from one of the locking members 26, the other spring at once drawsthe other locking member toward the center line of the device. As themat with the frame members 34 and the pivoted frame member 10 is movedby the spring 32, which has not been freed, the flange 17 will be freedfrom the flange 18, and the forward portion of the apron 14 will beunsupported, and will fall to the ground. At the same time the fingerson the arm 47 will throw the arm 50 of the valve 51 to open the valveand apply the brakes in the manner understood in the art by thereduction of train pipe pressure.

It will be understood that the mat, the frame members 34 and the pivotedframe 10 may be moved to either side by the contact of the mat with anobstruction, the mat with the pivoted frame moving in the direction ofthe side which has come in contact with the obstruction.

It will be seen that the links 22 are pivoted on axes which from one endto the other are disposed on lines extending from the front to the rearof the car fender, and that the curved portion 20 of the frame 10 hasthe bearing members 21 pivoted to it, these bearing members 21 servingas linkengaging means, with which the links 22 engage. The-links 22assist in giving a lateral movement of the frame, to carry the mat 35laterally, by means of the arms 36 and 36 Having thus described myinvention I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a car fender a frame having link engaging means, a link pivoted onan axis which from one end to the other is disposed on a line extendingfrom the front to the rear of the car fender, and engaging the means onthe frame, means for locking the link in a predetermined positionrelatively to the frame, a mat, and means by which the mat is carried bythe frame.

2. In a car fender a frame having a bolt, a frame member having anopening in which the bolt is disposed, a spring on the bolt for holdingthe frame member against the frame, and a mat secured to the framemember.

3. In a car fender a frame having two bolts, two frame members havingopenings in which the bolts are disposed respectively, springs on thebolts respectively for holding the frame members yieldingly relativelyto the first-mentioned frame, and a mat secured to the frame members.

4. In a car fender a frame, a pivoted link attached to the frame, asecond frame mounted for moving relatively to the firstmentioned frame,a mat secured to the sec 0nd frame, and means for locking the link whichis held in a predetermined position by the second frame.

5. In a car fender a frame, a link attached to the frame, a member, alocking member pivoted to the link for engaging the first-mentionedmember, and a second frame mounted for moving relatively to thefirst-mentioned frame, the locking member being engaged by thesecond-mentioned frame.

6. In a car fender a frame, a link attached to the frame, a member, alocking member pivoted to the link for engaging the first-mentionedmember, a second frame mounted for moving relatively to thefirstmentioned frame, the locking member being engaged by thesecond-mentioned frame, and means for holding the locking memberyieldingly in a predetermined position.

7. In a car fender a frame, a link engaging the frame, a member, alocking member having a terminal pivoted to the link for engaging thefirst-mentioned member, a bolt secured to the frame, the second framehaving a recess and an orifice, the bolt being in the orifice, and aspring mounted on the bolt for holding the second frame in the directionof the first-mentioned frame, the terminal of the locking member beingnormally disposed in the recess.

8. In a car fender a frame, a link engaging the frame, a member, alocking member having a terminal pivoted to the link for engaging thefirst-mentioned member, a bolt secured to the frame, the second framehaving a recess and an orifice, the bolt being disposed in the orifice,a spring mounted on the bolt for holding the second frame in thedirection of the first-mentioned frame, the terminal of the lockingmember being normally disposed in the recess, and a mat secured to thesecond frame.

9. In a car fender a frame, a link engaging the frame, a member, alocking member having a terminal pivoted to the link for engaging thefirst-mentioned member, a bolt secured to the frame, the second framehaving a recess and an orifice, the bolt being disposed in the orifice,a spring mounted on the bolt for holding the second frame in thedirection of the first-mentioned frame, the terminal of the lockingmember being normally disposed in the recess, a mat secured to thesecond frame, a rail, and members mounted on the mat fortraveling on therail.

10. In a car fender a frame, a link engaging the frame, a member, alocking member having a terminal pivoted to the link for engaging thefirst-mentioned member, a bolt secured to the frame, the second framehaving a recess and an orifice, the bolt being disposed in the orifice,a spring mounted on the bolt for holding the second disposed frame inthe direction of the first-mentioned frame, the terminal of the lockingmember being normally disposed in the recess, and a spring for holdingthe locking member in a predetermined position relatively to the link.

11. In a car fender a support, a frame pivoted to the support, a linkengaging the frame, a member, a locking member having a terminal pivotedto the link for engaging the first-mentioned member, a bolt secured tothe frame, a second frame having a recess and an orifice, the bolt beingdisposed in the orifice, and a spring mounted on the bolt for holdingthe second-mentioned frame in the direction of the first-mentionedframe, the terminal of the locking member being normally disposed in therecess.

12. In a car fender a support, a frame pivoted to the support, a linkattached to the frame, a member, a locking member pivoted to the linkfor engaging the first-mentioned member, and a second frame mounted formoving relatively to the first-mentioned frame, the locking member beingengaged by the second-mentioned frame.

13. In a car fender a support, a frame pivoted to the support, a linkattached to the frame, a member, a locking member pivoted to the linkfor engaging the first-mentioned member, a second frame mounted formoving relatively to the first-mentioned frame, the locking member beingengaged by the second-mentioned frame, a rail, a mat, and membersmounted on the mat for traveling on the rail.

14. In a car fender a frame, two pivoted links engaging the frame, twomembers, two locking members pivoted to the links for engaging thefirst-mentioned members respectively, an additional member, two springssecured to the additional member the springs engaging the lockingmembers respectively, and additional frames for moving relatively to thefirst-mentioned frame, the locking members being normally engaged by thesaid additional frames.

15. In a car fender a frame, two pivoted links engaging the frame, twomembers, two locking members pivoted to the links for engaging thefirst-mentioned members respectively, an additional member, two springssecuredto the additional member the springs engaging the locking membersrespectively, additional frames for moving relatively to thefirst-mentioned frame, the locking members being normally engaged by thesaid additional frames, a rail, and a mat secured to the frame havingmeans for traveling on the rail.

16. In a car fender a frame, two pivoted links engaging the frame, twomembers, two locking members pivoted to the links having extendingportions for engaging the first mentioned members respectively, anadditional member, two springs secured to the additional member andwhich are adapted to be hooked on the extending portions of the lockingmembers respectively when they are in predetermined positions, and whichwill be freed when the locking members rotate 011 their pivots, andadditional frames for moving relatively to the first-mentioned frame,the locking members being normally engaged by the additional frames.

17. In a car fender a frame, two pivoted links engaging the frame, twomembers, two locking members pivoted to the links having extendingportions for engaging the first mentioned members respectively, an additional member, two springs secured to the additional member and whichare adapted to be hooked on the extending portions of the lockingmembers respectively when they are in predetermined positions, and whichwill be freed when the locking members rotate on their pivots,additional frames for moving relatively to the first-mentioned frame,the locking members being normally engaged by the additional frames, andadditional springs for holding the locking members relatively to thelinks respectively.

18. In a car fender a frame, two pivoted links engaging the frame, twomembers, two locking members pivoted to the links having extendingportions for engaging the first mentioned members respectively, anadditional member, two springs secured to the additional member andwhich are adapted to be hooked on the extending portions of the lockingmembers respectively when they are in predetermined positions, and whichwill be freed when the locking members rotate on their pivots,additional frames for moving relatively to the firstmentioned frame, thelocking members being normally engaged by the additional frame, a rail,and a mat secured to the additional frames having members for travelingon the rail.

19. In a car fender a support, a frame pivoted to the support, an apronhinged to the support, a flange on the frame for en gaging the apron tosupport its free end when the frame is in. a predetermined positionrelatively to the support, a mat, and means connecting the mat with theframe.

20. In a car fender a support, a frame pivoted to the support, an apronhinged to the support, a flange on the frame for engaging the apron tosupport its free end when the frame is in a predetermined positionrelatively to the support, a mat, means connecting the matwith theframe, an arm on the frame, and a valve adapted to be operated by thearm.

21. In a car fender a support, a frame pivoted to the support, an apronhinged to the support, a flange on the frame for engaging the apron tosupport it when the frame is in a predetermined position relatively tothe support, a rail, a mat having members for traveling on the rail, andmeans connecting the mat with the frame.

22. In a car fender a support, a frame pivoted to the support, an apronhinged to the support, a flange on the frame for engaging the apron whenthe frame is in a predetermined position relatively to the support, arail, a mat constructed of a series of coiled springs with means forholding the springs in position spaced from each other, means secured tothe mat for traveling on the rail, and means connecting the mat with theframe.

23. In a car fender a support, a frame pivoted to the support, an apronhinged to the support, a flange on the frame for engaging the apron tosupport it when the frame is in a predetermined position relatively tothe support, a rail, a mat having members for traveling on the rail,means connecting the mat with the frame, and means for locking theframe.

24. I11 a car fender a support, a frame pivoted to the support, a rail,a mat having members for traveling on the rail, means connecting the matwith the frame, and means .for locking the frame.

25. In a car fender a support, a frame pivoted to the support, a rail, amat having members for traveling on the rail, a second frame having anorifice, a bolt on the firstmentioned frame extending through theorifice, means for holding the second frame yieldingly in the directionof the firstmentioned frame, and locking means connected with thefirst-mentioned frame, and engaging the second-mentioned frame when innormal position and holding the first-mentioned frame in operativeposition.

26. In a car fender a frame, pivoted on a vertical axis, a second framemovable relatively to the first-mentioned frame, means for swinging thefirst-mentioned frame, and a locking means for the first-mentioned frameadapted to be freed by the movement of the secondmentioned framerelatively to the first-mentioned frame.

27. In a car fender a' frame, pivoted on a vertical axis, a second framemovable relatively to the first-mentioned frame, and locking means forthe firstmentioned frame adapted to be freed by the movement of thesecond-mentioned frame relatively to the first-mentioned frame.

28. In a car fender a frame having link engaging means, a link pivotedon an axis which from one end to the other is disposed on a lineextending from the front to the rear of the car fender, and engaging themeans on the frame, a mat, and means by which the mat is carried by theframe.

29. In a car fender a frame having link engaging means, a link pivotedon an axis name to this specification in the presence of Which from oneend t? the other is disposed the subscribing witnesses. on a lineextendin rom the rent to the w rear of the car fe nder, and engaging theCHARLES MARrlIN' means on the frame, a mat, means by which the mat iscarried by the frame, and resilient means for moving the link laterally.

In testimony whereof I have signed my Witnesses:

GEO. P. LENT, TRAFTON M. DYE, ERNEST K0011.

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